audiphone

American  

[aw-duh-fohn] / ˈɔ dəˌfoʊn /

noun

Medicine/Medical.

1. a kind of diaphragm held against the upper teeth to assist hearing by transmitting sound vibrations to the auditory nerve.

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audiphone British  

/ ˈɔːdɪˌfəʊn /

noun

1. a type of hearing aid consisting of a diaphragm that, when placed against the upper teeth, conveys sound vibrations to the inner ear

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Etymology

Origin of audiphone

1875–80, audi(o)- + -phone, modeled on telephone

Example Sentences

We had passed a small lighted audiphone cubby, evidently the one from which Dud and Shac had paged us.

From Wandl the Invader by Cummings, Ray

As my grip upon him made audiphone contact, his agonized scream rattled the diaphragms of my ear grids with horrible, deafening intensity.

From Brigands of the Moon by Cummings, Ray

I felt at that moment, under the shirt against my skin, the anode of my audiphone tingling.

From Wandl the Invader by Cummings, Ray

So that was what Perona had told him over the audiphone just before our noonday meal?

From Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 by Bates, Harry

An audiphone buzzer interrupted him, a call from the duty man in the instrument room of the nearby building.

From Brigands of the Moon by Cummings, Ray